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Health

Genomic data shows widespread mpox transmission in West Africa prior to 2022 global outbreak

Historically, most human mpox infections have resulted from zoonotic transmission — meaning from animals to humans — and these spillovers…

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Tech

xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa

Where could Grok have gotten these ideas? The treatment of white farmers in South Africa has been a hobbyhorse of…

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation

Have a question for Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok about the latest baseball news? Or maybe an inquiry about your…

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World

Cyril Ramaphosa says Afrikaners ‘running away’ from South Africa to US are ‘cowards’

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called a group of 59 white South Africans who have moved to the US to resettle…

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Politics

White Afrikaner refugees arrive in U.S. from South Africa : NPR

White Afrikaaner South Africans demonstrate in support of U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the U.S. embassy in Pretoria,…

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Tech

Cairo-based Nawy, Africa’s largest proptech platform combining listings with brokerage services, raised a $52M Series A led by Partech Africa (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir) Interviews with…

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Tech

Diabetes Is Rising in Africa. Could It Lead to New Breakthroughs?

Chikowore says there are many possible explanations for this, ranging from as yet undiscovered genetic variants to the physiological structure…

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World

Dr Celiwe gets South Africa talking about financial abuse

Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Celiwe Ndaba / Facebook Dr Celiwe Ndaba said that once she decided to refuse to…

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Environment

Lifesize herd of puppet animals begins climate action journey from Africa to Arctic Circle | Global development

Hundreds of life-size animal puppets have begun a 20,000km (12,400 mile) journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle as…

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World

How activity in Earth’s mantle led the ancient ancestors of elephants, giraffes, and humans into Asia and Africa

What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that…

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